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Editor, Dr S. L. Olson  (olsons@si.edu)  Fossil birds and miscellanea
Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
   
Editor, Dr P. Rasmussen (rasmus39@msu.edu) Old World birds
Michigan State University Museum, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Editor, Dr. T. Chesser (chessert@si.edu) New World birds
Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA

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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1792: 54-66 (12 Jun. 2008) 5 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 14 May 2008
An overlooked threatened species of eagle: Legge's Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Aves: Accipitriformes)

J. O. GJERSHAUG (Norway), O. H. DISERUD (Norway), P. C. RASMUSSEN (USA) & D. WARAKAGODA (Sri Lanka)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1742: 61-68 (7 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2008
Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Cynanthus (Aves: Trochilidae), with emphasis on C. doubledayi
GABRIELA M. GARCIA-DERAS (Mexico), NANDADEVI CORTES-RODRIGUEZ (Mexico), MAGALI HONEY (Mexico), ADOLFO G. NAVARRO-SIGUENZA (Mexico), JAIME GARCIA-MORENO (Costa Rica) & BLANCA E. HERNANDEZ-BANOS (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1726: 60-68 (12 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 24 Jan. 2008
Species limits in Antbirds (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae): an evaluation of Plumbeous Antvireo (Dysithamnus plumbeus) based on vocalizations
MORTON L. ISLER, PHYLLIS R. ISLER & BRET M. WHITNEY (USA)

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2007

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1513: 1-76 (25 Jun. 2007) 31 plates; 1 65 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology, and affinities
JULIAN PENDER HUME (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1473: 25-44 (14 May 2007) 15 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
A new species of Formicivora antwren from the Chapada Diamantina, eastern Brazil (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA (Brazil), ANDRE M. P. CARVALHAES (USA) & DANTE R. C. BUZZETTI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1387: 1-25 (8 Jan. 2007)  142 references                                               Accepted: 7 Nov. 2006
Avian type specimens and their type localities from Otto Schutt's and Friedrich von Mechow's Angolan collections in the Museum fur Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin 
F.D. STEINHEIMER (UK) & W.R.J. DEAN (South Africa)

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2006

Zootaxa 1325: 117-145 (28 Sept. 2006)  129  references                                     Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
The taxonomic status of the Italian Sparrow — Passer italiae (Vieillot 1817): Speciation by stabilised hybridisation? A critical analysis

T. TÖPFER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 99-115 (28 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 50  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Song dialects as diagnostic characters — acoustic differentiation of the Canary Island Goldcrest subspecies Regulus regulus teneriffae Seebohm 1883 and R. r. ellenthalerae Päckert et al. 2006
(Aves: Passeriformes: Regulidae)

M. PÄCKERT (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 75-98 (28 Sept. 2006) 13 plates; 63  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Remarks on biology, vocalisations and systematics of Urocynchramus pylzowi Przewalski (Aves, Passeriformes)

A. GEBAUER, M. KAISER & C. WASSMANN (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 55-73 (28 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 35  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Characterization of a secondary contact zone of the Great Tit Parus major and the Japanese Tit P. minor (Aves: Passeriformes) in Far Eastern Siberia with DNA markers.

L. KVIST & S. RYTKÖNEN (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1325: 7-54 (28 Sept. 2006) 1 plate; 218  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
The Palaearctic Titmouse Species (Aves: Paridae: Parus sensu lato) — A current survey

S. ECK (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1316: 1-31 (18 Sept. 2006) 8 plates; 36  references                          Accepted:  9 Aug. 2006
Rails (Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric archaeological sites in Western Oceania
J.J. KIRCHMAN & D.W. STEADMAN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1271: 37-56 (24 Jul. 2006) 12 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 22 Jun. 2006
The correct use of the name Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés, 1835), and the description of a new species of Brazilian tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae)
M.A. RAPOSO (Brazil), R. STOPIGLIA (Brazil), V. LOSKOT (Russia) & G.M. KIRWAN (UK) 
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Zootaxa 1166: 49-55 (3 Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 4 Mar. 2006
The name Synallaxis whitneyi Pacheco and Gonzaga, 1995, is not a synonym of Synallaxis cinereus Wied, 1831 (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae)
R. STOPIGLIA & M.A. RAPOSO (Brazil)
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2005

Zootaxa 1072: 1-25 (28 Oct. 2005) 67 references                                                  Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
The type specimens of Paradisaeidae, Cnemophilidae and Ptilonorhynchidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
F. D. STEINHEIMER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1046: 1-15 (8 Sept. 2005) 7 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species
S. L. OLSON (USA) & H. MATSUOKA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 799: 1-6 (7 Jan. 2005) 29 references                                                 Accepted: 20 Dec. 2004
A name for the clade formed by owlet-nightjars, swifts and hummingbirds (Aves)
G. SANGSTER (The Netherlands)
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2003

Zootaxa 224: 1-7  (30 June 2003) 3 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 18 June 2003
Cytotaxonomic diagnoses of two Neotropical swift species: Streptoprocne biscutata and Streptoprocne zonaris (Aves: Apodidae)
J. RIBEIRO, R. A. TORRES, M.L. ADAM and D.A. CORNÉLIO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 199: 1-10 (19 May 2003) 2 plates, 35 references                             Accepted: 9 May 2003
The phylogenetic position of Gallinuloides Eastman (Aves: Galliformes) from the Tertiary of North America
G. J. DYKE (Ireland)

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